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Hello all!

Just getting into X-Wing.
This weekend will be my 3rd gaming session.
Going Imperial

We decided to do 1 game of 150pts and hopefully 1/2 100pt games.

What do you think of my squads?
Have 2 150pts ones I am working on atm.
And 3 100pts ones.
{ I may be going a bit nuts with Army Builder }

Squad 1] Vaders Blood Wing
Vader: TAdv [46]
--- TIE/x1, engine upgrade, Predator, Adv Targeting PC, Homing Missles.
Howlrunner: TFer [23]
--- Shield Upgrd, Determination
Mauler: TFer [22]
--- Targeting PC, Marksmenship
BackStabber: TFer [20]
--- Shield Upgrd
Dark Curse: TFer [20]
--- Shield Upgrd
GunDark: TFer [19]
--- Shield Upgrd


Squad 2] Vaders KO
RA Chiraneau: VT-49 [49]
--- Marksmenship
Mauler: TFer [17]
---
Howlrunner: TFer [21]
--- Targeting PC, Marksmenship

Vader: TAdv [31]
--- Swarm Tactics
Dark Curse: TFer [16]
---
GunDark: TFer [16]
---

Now for my 2 100pt squads.

Squad 1] Get Them
Soontir Fel: TInt [35]
--- Royal Guard, AutoTrusters, Stealth Device, Push The Limit
Juno: TAdv [33]
--- TIE/x1, Adv Targetting PC
Maarek: TAdv [32]
--- TIE/x1, Adv Targetting PC

Squad 2] Attack Wing
Col Vessery: TDef [43]
--- Vet Inst, Hvy Laser Canon
Maarek: TAdv [32]
--- TIE/x1, Adv Targetting PC
LT Colzet: TAdv [25]
--- TIE/x1, Fire-control Sys

Also been playing with this one:
Squad 3] Vaders Wing
Vader: TAdv [30]
--- Vet Inst
Howlrunner: TFer [19]
--- Vet Inst
Mauler: TFer [20]
--- Vet Inst, Targetting PC
BackStabber: TFer [16]
---
GunDark: TFer [15]
---

Okay, so some of these lists have too many points in upgrades, and some need more upgrades.

List #1:

Vader: Drop Cluster Missiles, drop Marksmanship, Drop stealth device. Grab Predator/Lone Wolf and Engine Upgrade. You now have a powerful maneuverable beast of a fighter, and 4 or 5 spare points.

Howlrunner: You're running two upgrades which require actions to use. Drop Both, Grab a stealth device and Determination. Howlrunner is a support fighter, so keep her alive.

Mauler: Again, the double action upgrades. Grab Predator and Save two points.

The Rest: Drop Shield Upgrades. This, plus what you've already spent, means that you can grab another TIE fighter (Night Beast, I f you want to keep going with the named Pilots).

Also, don't forget the savings from TIE X1- all Sensors are 4 points cheaper, so you could probably afford two TIE fighters.

Thanks for the Reply.
I am limited in that I only have currently 5 TFer ships.
1 TAdv and the Decimator. :(
Hopefully more to come soon.

So trying to spread my 150 pts around on those ships.
Made some changes based on what you said.
And with the limited # of ships I have.

Well that didnt go so well. Lost all games.
He brought a 150pts or rebels like:
4 x B-wings plus 1 x Falcon with Chewie in it.

My TFer swarms just couldnt do enough damage fast enough.
And my poor Decimator was taken out in 2 turns. 2nd turn got hit by an almighty 1-2 from Flacon and b-wings.

:(
How does one deal with B-Wings?

tirnaog wrote:
Well that didnt go so well. Lost all games.
He brought a 150pts or rebels like:
4 x B-wings plus 1 x Falcon with Chewie in it.

My TFer swarms just couldnt do enough damage fast enough.
And my poor Decimator was taken out in 2 turns. 2nd turn got hit by an almighty 1-2 from Flacon and b-wings.

:(
How does one deal with B-Wings?

That just sounds like....a terrible list to play against. He must've put a great deal of thought into that list. /sarcasm.

I recently went to a tournament with Latts Razzi and 2 Kihrazx fighters, and my first match-up was Luke with 3 B-wings. They will hit you hard the first couple of turns, but stay vigilant and focus fire each one down. Also, they're not too difficult to outmaneuver, especially if they're the standard Blue Squadron pilots (or whatever the generic pilot is).

4 of them as just a bit much. With Falcon backup.
Need to see how I can get a TDef/Tphantom in the list.
might have a bit more firepower that way.

Is there any upgrade card that would give you an agility point or two. My Decimator really needs one.

tirnaog wrote:

Vader: TAdv [46]
--- TIE/x1, engine upgrade, Predator, Adv Targeting PC, Homing Missles.

You're overpaying for Vader, the TIE/x1 upgrade drops the price of Adv Targeting Computer down to 1 point.